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Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her hit single "As Tears Go By" and became one of the lead female artists during the "British Invasion" in the United States.

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I know for a fact that Heaven and Hell are here on Earth.

Earth, Facts, Heaven, Know

I am not frightened of much, but I wouldn't like to get ill.

Frightened, Ill, Like

I haven't got purity, and I don't think I ever did. I have always been, even as a child, a very decadent little person.

Children, Decadent, Littles, Person, Purity, Thinking

I have to watch out for being lazy.

Being Lazy, Lazy, Watch, Watches

All I have to do is what's right for me.

Right

I get all dressed up with that Marianne Faithfull face, and the next thing I know, I'm blurting out things that I shouldn't, trying to get attention when, really, I've got everybody's attention already.

Attention, Blurting, Face, Know, Next, Trying

I serve black tea, which I call Froggy tea. And I have green teas and all sorts of nice teas. I'm serving tea all the time.

Black, Call, Froggy, Nice, Tea

I went to the big Picasso retrospective at the Tate in the sixties, and I think I went to an Andy Warhol retrospective at the Tate in the sixties, too. My mother was very good at taking me to things like that. We lived in Reading, but we went on these cultural trips to London.

Lived, Mother, Reading, Taking, Thinking, Warhol

If you analyze the bad times you find that it's because you wanted to have a bad time.

Analyze, Bad, Bad Times, Time, Times

The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing 'Tosca'.

Callas, Firsts, Opera, See, Singing, Tosca

The only time I ever really consider retiring is when I get fed up with the press. Which is often.

Fed Up, Feds, Press, Retiring, Time

I like my work, but my life always comes first. I always wanted to have a beautiful life, and the way to do it is in show business.

Beautiful, Beautiful Life, Life, Like, Show Business, Way

I'm glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.

Ashamed, Father, Glad, Mother, Probably

I have always been attracted to the bleaker aspects of life. I love drama.

Aspect, Aspects, Aspects Of Life, Drama, Love

My father belonged to a commune, and the food was ghastly. My idea of food hell is the salad cream they'd pour all over bits of lettuce, cucumber and tomato. It was just disgusting.

Cream, Father, Idea, Ideas, Pour, Tomatoes

All I can say is I've been lucky with my body. Well done, little body. I praise it and say, 'You're very good. '

Body, Done, Lucky, Say

I have to be able to love somebody except myself and the theater.

Except, Love, Somebody, Theater

It's always a good idea to get yourself a famous, rich, and groovy young man. That's one of the best-known methods of furthering your career.

Famous, Good, Groovy, Idea, Men, Rich

I've got to where I've always wanted to be. I just feel more myself, and I've learned not to care what other people think. It's happened slowly, very slowly. But I did it.

Care, People, Slowly, Think, Thinking

Maybe the most that you can expect from a relationship that goes bad is to come out of it with a few good songs.

Bad Relationship, Come, Expect, Funny Relationship, Song, Songs

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